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Adjectives

Order of Adjectives

Opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose.

Explanation

When several adjectives precede a noun they follow a fixed order, and violating it sounds wrong even to learners who cannot name the rule. Opinion comes first and the noun-adjacent slot holds purpose or material.

Examples

A lovely small old round wooden table.
Two large black leather gloves.
An elegant Italian silk scarf.

Common mistakes

A wooden lovely small table.
A lovely small wooden table.
Opinion comes before material.
A black large coat.
A large black coat.
Size precedes colour.
An Italian elegant scarf.
An elegant Italian scarf.
Origin follows opinion.

More Adjectives

Adjectives Ending in -ed and -ing

Bored or boring, interested or interesting.